Articles by Nicholas Hamilton
Alacra Adds CounterpartyLink Access to KYC Tool
Users of Alacra's know-your-customer tool can now access CounterpartyLink's legal entity intelligence, including primary-source documents that can be used to verify entities and changes in directors and legal structures
Scotiabank Chooses Fenergo Onboarding System
The client data software provider's onboarding system uses a rules-driven process to classify Scotiabank clients affected by European Market Infrastructure Regulation, the US Dodd-Frank Act and the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Troubled by Issues, EMIR Reporting Kicks Off
Mandatory reporting of derivatives trades came into force earlier this week as part of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), but market participants continued to raise concerns amid technology problems and far from ideal preparations.
Sutton Takes Customer Data Role at HSBC
Julia Sutton has left Deutsche Bank to take a role within group customer data strategy at HSBC
Cox Supports IDC, Pace Metrics as Independent Consultant
Matthew Cox has set up his own consultancy firm, MJC Data Management Solutions, and is supporting Interactive Data with the roll-out of a price validation tool
UTIs, Pre-LEIs Are Top Concerns as EMIR Reporting Begins
Industry participants are worried about confusion surrounding unique trade identifiers and a shortfall in pre-legal entity identifier registrations, as trade reporting requirements come into force for derivatives trades in the European Union
Markit EDM Signs $300bn Asset Manager As First Chinese Client
China Life Asset Management Company, the largest institutional investor in China's capital markets, has become the enterprise data management software vendor's first Chinese client, after it introduced a number of enhancements to meet local requirements
Calypso Upgrades Repository Interface For EMIR Reporting
Software and services provider adds new data fields and functionality to its interface to the DTCC's trade repository so it can be used for both EMIR and Dodd-Frank Act trade reporting
Bloomberg Integrates EMIR Reporting into Terminal Service
The data vendor has integrated EMIR reporting functionality into its terminal service, will generate unique trade identifiers and help users report outstanding trades
IRD's Senior Reporter on Wiki's Role in Data Management
Nicholas Hamilton discusses how wiki technology can be used for data management in the financial industry
MMT Post-Trade Standard Joins FIX Family
By being under the administration of the FIX Trading Community, it is hoped the Market Model Typology will become more widely used and will benefit from further development
SIX Service Monitors Instruments Subject to Fatca Witholding
The data services provider will use its corporate actions processing capabilities to provide a constantly updated view of instruments that are in scope for tax withholding under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain
European legal entity identifier requirements have created a lot of work for data management practitioners. But HSBC’s Hany Choueiri tells Nicholas Hamilton that in the long term, the identifier can help firms manage big data, make a success of data…
Quality Time for Counterparty Data
A recent report by an international group of market supervisors has expressed concern about firms’ ability to report on their counterparties. Why does this area of data management remain so challenging and what should firms do to a get a handle on it,…
Applying Wikis To Data Management
The financial services industry has been slow to adopt the wiki technology that has changed the way people produce and share information. However, industry participants believe wikis have the potential to improve data quality in the financial industry,…
In Every Challenge Lies an Opportunity
Ongoing problems with the management of counterparty risk create opportunities for data and technology vendors to innovate and expand their services
Hausman to Lead IDC Ref Data as Hepsworth Heads to Europe
Andrew Hausman has been appointed president of pricing and reference data at Interactive Data, as Mark Hepsworth leaves the role to head the company's business in Europe
HSBC Chooses Thomas for Major Client Data Project
David Thomas has left Barclays Capital, where he was global head of client data, to take responsibility for creating a shared services model for client data at HSBC
SmartStream Tackles Intraday Liquidity Management
The software vendor has upgraded its Transaction Lifecycle Management Cash and Liquidity Management product by enabling users to monitor, manage and report on their intraday liquidity positions
Itaú Chooses Omgeo to Automate Post-trade Processing
Itaú Asset Management has replaced faxes, emails and spreadsheets with Omgeo's central matching platform and settlement instructions database
Nicholas Hamilton: Surprise, Surprise
The nominations for the board of directors of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation include some surprises and clues about the form the Central Operating Unit might take, writes Nicholas Hamilton.
Bureau van Dijk Addresses Counterparty, Supplier Risk
The vendor of company data will blend users' data with its own data and display the results on bespoke dashboards to help financial firms understand their counterparty and supplier risk
SIX Chooses Avox to Map LEIs to Securities Database
A new partnership between the two data vendors means SIX will be able to provide entity-level data to its clients, based on instrument-level requests